Perry, Calbraith in The Perrys of Rhode Island, ... 1913 discuses reasons why this Edmund of Devonshire is proposed as progenitor of American families. The description of the crest of the Coat of Arms of a Walter Perry of Devonshire exactly corresponds wit the crest on the seal worn by Capt. Christopher Raymond Perry, officer in the American Revolution, grandson of Edward and father of Commodore O H Perry and Commodore M.C. Perry.Early records of Sandwich show the names of Sarah, a widow, and Ezra, Margaret, Deboarh Perry. Sarah presumed to be widow of an Edmund of Devonshire. Ezra Perry is appointed ?exequitor of the Estate of Sarah Perry? Family tradition supports this inference of Devonshire origin.Edward states in 1689 that ?I have been in the Province of New England fifty years? Edward born in 1630, would have been age nine when he came.Ancestor of President Frankllin D. Roosevelt through son Ezra.

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